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Wednesday

Watch this equestrian! This video shows champion horseman Pedro Valentes Torres and Oxidado, his grey Lusitano stallion (from the Xaqueiro bloodline), performing a working equitation speed test in Beja, Portugal in April of 2008.

This exercise includes all of the working gaits, as well as elements of jumping, trail classes, dressage, reining and more - with gates, flowers, fences, bridges, poles, barrels and plenty of other obstacles.

Pedro Valentes Torres has been Portuguese National, European and World champion in working equitation.

Saturday

No one seems to know where it started (or, in fact, where it might lead) – but today is Hug an Equestrian Day. This happy horsey holiday may add a little mirth to midwinter melancholy. So get on out there and hug a horse lover. Better yet, go hug a horse!

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Humane options for dealing with a deceased horse's remains.

When the worst happens, what is a grieving horse owner to do? What are the options for dealing with the remains of a horse that has died? This little book presents practical options. Available in print and on Amazon Kindle.

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Not your everyday stuffy or sticky-sweet sentimental poetry: Horse lovers carry heart secrets that run deeper than others may ever understand. Our memories are filled with special equines with whom we have shared moments that marked our souls forever. If you love horses, you are probably already nodding your head. For horseplay is never just play – if we’re paying attention. Sweet secrets are there to be shared ...

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